- Beers- What did we get for Christmas?- We have a new sponsor this year Hello Audible!- What did you do for New Years Eve?- Any new year resolutions?

Steve Jobs actoin Figure:

Steve Jobs will have an action figure going on sale next month. So if you want a very life like Steve Job, Just pony up 99.99$ and it's all yours.

Some people are not happy about this. Saying it's too early to profit off the former Apple CEO. Humm, He'd freaking love this.

TECH

Texting So 2011

TeroKuittinen, a senior analyst for MGI Research recently wrote a column for Forbes in which he noted that text messaging rates are declining in several countries around the globe. The Finnish wireless carrier Sonera, for example, noticed that the number of text messages sent on Christmas Eve 2011 dropped to 8.5 million messages from 10.9 million messages that were sent on the same night a year prior. The decline in text messaging was also recognized in Hong Kong, where it fell off as much as 14%. While sending a text message is still an incredibly popular comunication method, Kuittinen argues that the downward trend could continue to the U.S. and affect AT&T and Verizon later this year or next. “The ambitious new messaging plans and more organic Facebook/Twitter support of both Apple and Google could be the big threat for operator earnings growth in a year or two,” Kuittinen said. “As much as 20% of carrier earnings are derived from text-messaging.”BGR-Could Tradtional texting with mobile carriers be going out the window?-Are people using facebook for all their text message needs?-Who uses what to text?

VIDEO GAMES

The Holidays are over but what did we get our hands on and what games are we playing now?*Random forum discussion*

What was our game of the year in 2011?

gATARI2600 Chiptune Guitar

If you're going to rock out, you might as well do so with a video game console from the '70s as the core of your guitar. In fact, this is precisely what moddercTrix has done with his gATARI2600. In his configuration, he's able to write and play new music through an Atari 2600 by using an EPROMprogrammer (a software application he wrote) and daughterboards to feed the new music back through the instrument. The gATARI also features equalizer and flange pedals, a track selector, and whammy bars that allow the player to switch tracks and make changes on the fly. No details have been posted as to how to make your own just yet, but click past the break to watch cTrix jam both thoroughly and effectively at Blip Fest 2011 in Japan. Engadget